In Federalist #10, James Madison summed up factions eloquently stating that "Liberty is faction, what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires." ... James Madison's most amazing political prediction, contained within the pages of Federalist 10, was that the United States being so large and having such a wide variety of interests could make a guarantee of fairness and constancy under the new constitution. ...

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The Federalist Papers 10 doesn't remind me of anything that we've read in class. ... I feel that this is a brochure for a strong central government and the federalist are advertising it to their constituents. ...

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This would not be true of an anti-federalist government. An anti-federalist government would greatly weaken the central government, while strengthening all of the state and local governments. ... I think James Madison says it best in Federalist #10, "Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable". ... That is an important aspect it brings, especially when dealing with a country the size of the United States and the political diversi...

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James Madison wrote the Federalist paper number ten by employing the knowledge of not only himself but that of John Locke. First by establishing that by human nature people separate themselves into certain factions. They do so by taking into thought a number of principles either by wealth, politica...

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The common issue that Madison discusses in Federalist Papers #10 and #51 are the proliferation of political factions in society. ... In Essay #10, Madison tackles the question of how to deal with factions whose interests or goals may be in contention with the people's rights. ... While Essay #10 is all about the essays, Madison discusses them at the end of Essay #51 too. ... To solve this, he offers a more concrete solution in Essay #51 than he does in Number 10. ...

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James Madison in his Federalist Papers talked about these powerful groups, or "Factions" in America. Madison defines a faction as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community" (Federalist No. 10). ...

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Federalist No. 10 by James Madison explains, "A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders have, in turn, divided mankind into parties" (Madison). ...

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